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Winner of pancake eating contest dies at victory ceremony

Published: 03 March, 2009, 14:47


At a celebration of Maslenitsa or Pancake week ‘the fastest pancake eater contest’ ended in tragedy in the Kaliningrad Region, when the winner of the competition died as he prepared to accept his award.

 
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